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LONDON, Dec 30 (Reuters) – Trillions of dollars wiped off world stocks, bond market tantrums, whip-sawing currency and commodities and the collapse of a few crypto empires – 2022 has …
How 2022 shocked, rocked and rolled global markets Read More
The PR firm advising the UN on climate change campaigns has been accused by US lawmakers of helping BP “greenwash” its fossil fuel investments, openDemocracy can reveal. Internal BP documents released to …
Secret files reveal how UN climate advisers ‘greenwashed’ for BP Read More
As countries across Europe and around the world grapple with high living costs and impending recession, voters are concerned about the economy and how their elected representatives will fix it. For many, …
What do politicians really think of economists? New research explains why relations fell apart after 2008 Read More
Legislation that Sen. Bernie Sanders unveiled 13 years ago to help boost workplace democracy and curb worsening inequality in the United States was included in the $1.7 trillion omnibus package approved by …
Sanders’ Bill to Expand Worker Ownership Passes Senate in Omnibus Read More
Renewable energy generation in Scotland during the third quarter of the year rose a massive 55 per cent year-on-year, according to new figures from the Scottish government released yesterday. The data …
‘An amazing year’: Scotland sees renewables generation soar 55 per cent Read More
(Wednesday 14th December) Responding to today’s announcement that HSBC, the UK’s biggest high street bank and one of the world’s biggest financers of fossil fuels, will no longer finance new …
HSBC announces it will no longer finance new oil and gas fields – ShareAction response Read More
More investments in Africa could see the Biden administration reduce China and the EU’s dominance in trade with Africa The US is optimistic that if the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) …
Why the US is backing the Africa Continental Free Trade Area Read More
Mammai Bhoo Laxmi’s husband went to Qatar to work on its FIFA World Cup infrastructure as a construction worker. Within one week of arriving, he was reported dead. Eight years …
India: Families of migrants who died in Qatar seek answers Read More
Europe’s carbon market expansion plans could hardly have come at a worse time. Starting Friday, EU institutions will attempt to finalize an extensive revamp of the bloc’s Emissions Trading System (ETS), …
Weekend showdown looms for EU carbon pricing revamp Read More
A commission led by former prime minister Gordon Brown has called for a future Labour government to replace the controversial House of Lords with an elected upper chamber, in a …
Labour’s plan to ‘abolish’ the House of Lords: what exactly has been proposed – and the chances Keir Starmer will adopt it Read More